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Web Tools
Administrator’s Guide
Supporting Fabric OS v6.0.0

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Document History
The following table lists all versions of the Web Tools Administrator’s Guide.
Document Title Publication
Number Summary of Changes Publication Date
Web Tools User’s Guide v2.0 53-0001536-01 N/A September 1999
Web Tools User’s Guide v2.2 53-0001558-02 N/A May 2000
Web Tools User’s Guide v2.3 53-0000067-02 N/A December 2000
Web Tools User’s Guide v3.0 53-0000130-03 N/A July 2001
Web Tools User’s Guide v2.6 53-0000197-02 N/A December 2001
Advanced Web Tools User’s
Guide
v3.0 / v4.0
53-0000185-02 N/A March 2002
Advanced Web Tools User’s
Guide v4.0.2
53-0000185-03 N/A September 2002
Advanced Web Tools User’s
Guide v3.1.0
53-0000503-02 N/A April 2003
Advanced Web Tools User’s
Guide v4.1.0
53-0000522-02 N/A April 2003
Advanced Web Tools User’s
Guide v4.1.2
53-0000522-04 Insistent Domain ID Mode.
Port Swapping information. Minor
editorial changes
October 2003
Advanced Web Tools
Administrator’s Guide,
v4.2.0
53-0000522-05 Updates to support new switch
types: Brocade 3250, 3850,
24000. Structural changes,
Support changes, Installation
changes.
December 2003
Advanced Web Tools User’s
Guide
53-0000522-06 Clarifications on software and
hardware support, minor
enhancements in procedure text,
minor rearranging of content.
March 2004
Advanced Web Tools
Administrator’s Guide
53-0000522-07 Updates to support new switch
types (3016, 4100) and Fabric OS
v4.4.0, including Ports on
Demand, user administration,
and zoning wizards.
September 2004
Web Tools Administrator’s
Guide
53-0000522-08 Updates to support new switch
types (200E, 48000) and Fabric
OS v5.0.1, including switchAdmin
role, upfront login, and Web Tools
EZ.
April 2005
Web Tools Administrator’s
Guide
53-0000522-09 Updates to add additional
information about refresh and
polling rates.
July 2005

Web Tools Administrator’s
Guide
53-1000049-01 Updates to support new switch
types (4900, 7500) and Fabric
OS v5.1.0, including FCR, FCIP,
and the FR4-18i port blade. Web
Tools EZ information is moved to
a separate book.
January 2006
Web Tools Administrator’s
Guide
53-1000049-02 Updates to the FCIP chapter to
clarify how to configure tunnels.
April 2006
Web Tools Administrator’s
Guide
53-1000194-01 Updates for Fabric OS v5.2.0 and
the FC4-16IP blade. Also new
security for Web Tools, including
Role-Based Access Control and
administrative domains.
September 2006
Web Tools Administrator’s
Guide
53-1000435-01 Updates to reflect interface
enhancements, support for new
switch types, IPv6 support, and
other enhancements.
June 2007
Web Tools Administrator’s
Guide
53-1000606-01 Updates to reflect updates to
enhanced Access Gateway
support, changes to FCIP
tunneling wizard, and other
enhancements.
October 2007
Document Title Publication
Number Summary of Changes Publication Date

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Contents
About This Document
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
How this document is organized . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xi
Supported hardware and software . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xii
What’s new in this document. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Document conventions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Text formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Notes, cautions, and warnings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiii
Key terms . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
Additional information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
Brocade resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xiv
Other industry resources. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
Getting technical help. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xv
Document feedback . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xvi
Chapter 1 Introducing Web Tools
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
System requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1
Setting Refresh Frequency for Internet Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Deleting temporary internet files used by Java applications . . . 3
Installing Java on the workstation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Installing the JRE on your Solaris or Linux client workstation. . . 4
Installing patches on Solaris . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Installing the Java plug-in on Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Configuring the Java plug-in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Configuring the Java plug-in for Windows. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
Configuring the Java plug-in for Mozilla family browsers . . . . . . 6
Installing a Web Tools license . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Installing a Web Tools license through telnet. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Installing a Web Tools license through a Web site. . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Installing other licenses through the Web . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Value line licenses. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Opening Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Logging in . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Logging out. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
Administrative domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Admin Domains and login . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Admin Domains and switch WWN. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Admin Domains and zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Role-Based Access Control. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Session management. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Ending a Web Tools session . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
Requirements for IPv6 support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

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Chapter 2 Using the Web Tools Interface
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Viewing Switch Explorer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Tasks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Fabric Tree . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Changing the Admin Domain context . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
Switch View buttons. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Switch View. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
Switch Events and Switch Information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Displaying tool tips . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .22
Refresh rates . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
Displaying switches in the fabric . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .25
Working with Web Tools: recommendations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25
Chapter 3 Managing Fabrics and Switches
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Managing fabrics and switches using Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Opening the Switch Administration window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Refreshing the Switch Administration window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Opening the telnet window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Configuring IP and netmask information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .30
Configuring a syslog IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Removing a syslog IP address . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Setting Up IP Filtering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
Managing blades. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .32
Enabling or disabling a blade . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32
Configuring a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .34
Enabling and disabling a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Changing the switch name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
Changing the switch domain ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
Viewing and printing a switch report . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .35
Rebooting the switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Performing a fast boot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Performing a reboot. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
Changing system configuration parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Configuring fabric settings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .36
Enabling insistent domain ID mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
Configuring virtual channel settings. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .38
Configuring arbitrated loop parameters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Configuring system services . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .39
Configuring signed firmware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
Managing licensed features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
Activating a license on a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Removing a license from a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Administering High Availability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
Launching the High Availability Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .42
Synchronizing Services on the CP. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Initiating a CP Failover . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .43

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Monitoring events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .44
Displaying Fabric Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
Displaying Switch Events. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Filtering Fabric and Switch Events . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
Filtering events by event severity levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
Filtering events by message ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Filtering events by service component . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Displaying a fabric summary report. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .48
Displaying the Name Server entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
Printing the Name Server entries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .50
Displaying detailed Name Server information for a particular device
50
Displaying the zone members of a particular device . . . . . . . . 51
Physically locating a switch using beaconing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51
Chapter 4 Maintaining Configurations and Firmware
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Maintaining configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Creating a backup of a configuration file . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .54
Restoring a configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .55
Performing a firmware download. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .56
Interoperability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 58
Configuring interoperability . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59
Chapter 5 Managing Your Ports
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Viewing and managing ports using Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Opening the Port Administration window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 61
Port Administration window components. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63
Identifying controllable ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64
Configuring ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 65
Configuring FC ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .65
Configuring FCIP ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 67
Configuring GbE ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Assigning a name to a port. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .68
Enabling and disabling a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 69
Persistent enabling and disabling ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Enabling and disabling NPIV ports. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 70
Enabling NPIV ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .70
Disabling NPIV ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Enabling and disabling QoS ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Enabling QoS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Disabling QoS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Activating ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71
Enabling Ports on Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72
Enabling Dynamic Ports on Demand . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .73
Disabling Dynamic Ports on Demand. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 73
Reserving and releasing licenses on a port basis . . . . . . . . . . . 73

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Swapping port index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Swapping ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Determining if a port index has been swapped with another switch
port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 74
Chapter 6 Administering ISL Trunking
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
About Interswitch Link Trunking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 77
Viewing trunk group information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Disabling or reenabling trunking mode on a port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78
Chapter 7 Managing Administrative Domains
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
About administrative domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
Requirements for Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81
User-defined Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82
System-defined Admin Domains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82
Admin Domain membership . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Enabling administrative domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83
Using the Admin Domain window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .83
Opening the Admin Domain window. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .86
Refreshing fabric information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Refreshing Admin Domain information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86
Saving local admin domain changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Closing the Admin Domain window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87
Creating and populating domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Creating an Admin Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .88
Activating or deactivating an Admin Domain . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 90
Managing administrative domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Adding and removing members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 91
Renaming Admin Domains . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .92
Deleting Admin Domains. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92
Chapter 8 Administering Zoning
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Introducing zoning. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 95
Configuring zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96
Opening the Zone Administration window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
Setting the default zoning mode. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .96
Managing zoning with Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97
Refreshing fabric information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 98
Refreshing Zone Administration window information . . . . . . . .99
Saving local zoning changes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .99
Closing the Zone Administration window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100
Select a zoning view . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .100

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Managing zone aliases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Creating and populating zone aliases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .101
Adding and removing members of a zone alias. . . . . . . . . . . .102
Renaming zone aliases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Deleting zone aliases. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .102
Managing zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Creating and populating zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .103
Adding and removing members of a zone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Renaming zones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Copying zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .104
Deleting zones . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
Managing zone configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .105
Creating zone configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .106
Adding or removing zone configuration members. . . . . . . . . . 107
Renaming zone configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .107
Copying zone configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Deleting zone configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Enabling zone configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .108
Disabling zone configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Displaying enabled zone configurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .109
Displaying zone configuration summaries . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .110
Creating configuration analysis reports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111
Displaying zones Initiator/Target accessibility. . . . . . . . . . . . .112
Managing the zoning database . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Adding a WWN to multiple aliases and zones . . . . . . . . . . . . .113
Removing a WWN from multiple aliases and zones . . . . . . . .113
Replacing a WWN in Multiple Aliases and Zones . . . . . . . . . .114
Searching for zone members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Clearing the Zoning Database. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .114
Using Zoning Wizards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .115
Best practices for zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Interoperability considerations for zoning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117
Chapter 9 Monitoring Performance
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Monitoring performance using Web Tools. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .119
Predefined performance graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .120
User-defined graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
Canvas configurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
Opening the Performance Monitoring window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .123
Creating basic performance monitor graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
Customizing basic monitoring graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .124
Creating advanced performance monitoring graphs . . . . . . . . . . .126
Creating SID-DID Performance Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .126
Creating an SCSI vs. IP Traffic Graph . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .127
Creating SCSI Command Graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .128
Creating AL_PA Error Graphs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129

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Managing performance graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
Saving graphs to a canvas. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .129
Adding graphs to an existing canvas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Printing a single graph. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Printing all graphs in a canvas . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .130
Modifying graphs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .131
Chapter 10 Using the FC-FC Routing Service
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Supported switches for fibre channel routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
About fibre channel routing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .133
Setting up FC-FC routing. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .134
Managing FC-FC routing with Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Opening the FC Routing module . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135
Viewing and managing LSAN fabrics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .136
Viewing and configuring EX_Ports . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .137
Configuring an EX_Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .138
Editing the configuration of an EX_Port . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
Configuring FCR router port cost . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
Viewing and configuring LSAN zones. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .139
Viewing LSAN Devices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
Configuring the backbone fabric ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .140
Chapter 11 Working With Diagnostic Features
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
Managing trace dumps. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .143
How a trace dump is used. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
Setting up automatic trace dump transfers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .144
Specifying a remote server . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145
Enabling automatic transfer of trace dumps . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145
Disabling automatic trace uploads. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .145
Displaying switch information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146
Viewing detailed fan hardware status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .146
Viewing the temperature status . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 147
Viewing the power supply status. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
Checking the physical health of a switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .148
Interpreting port LEDs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .150
Port icon colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
LED representations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
Brocade 48000 Director LEDs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .151
Chapter 12 Administering Fabric Watch
In this chapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
Introduction to Fabric Watch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .153
Using Fabric Watch with Web Tools . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .154
Opening the Fabric Watch window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155